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#!/usr/bin/env python
import lib, sys
from optparse import OptionParser
import re
parser = OptionParser()
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
if len(args) < 2:
sys.exit(1)
if args[0] == "-":
dirty_string = sys.stdin.read()
else:
dirty_string = open(args[0], "r").read()
match = re.search(r"""(?ms)<clean:start>\s*(?P<excerpt>.*?)\s*<clean:end>""", dirty_string)
if match != None:
dirty_string = match.group('excerpt')
if args[1] == "-":
outfile = sys.stdout
else:
outfile = open(args[1], "w")
outfile.write(lib.clean(dirty_string).encode('utf8'))